>> well, brace yourself for another night of sub freezg temperatures. huge cold mass is showing few signs of releasing the ice grip on the bay area. good evening i'm dan ashley. we want to begin with spencer who is keeping very close watch on this bitter col

cold. spencer. >> that is true. as you said sub freezing we place the family situations on sub because well below freezing. we look at live doppler 7hd clear skies. freeze warning in effect for all of the bay area except the city of san francisco from 10:00 o'clock tonight to 9 okay tomorrow morning. much like last nature sub freeding temperature all across the area. low 20's did you know to 20 degrees at some of our inland valley exposed pipe could burst under these conditions and there's the increased risk of hypothermia. live view from the exploring camera looking at downtown san francisco. temperatures right now 46 at san francisco but temperatures are in the mid 30's at oakland redwood city, san jose, los gatos, 46 at half machine bay. another live view from mount tam open to the bay. temperatures are at below 30 and napa and fairfield upper 20's there. 30 in santa rosa. 32 in novato. 32 livermore and concorde. it's just going to be a brutally cold overnight period early tomorrow morning i'll be back in a moment to

show you a look at all of our projected low temperature over tonight and another spare the air alert. >> thank you. see you shortly. pg&e says the demand for gas breaking record. people are heating the homes longer to hire temperatures as well to deal with the cold. here's heather in walnut creek. >> pg&e new gas control center doesn't show the heating pattern at her news martinez but if it did. >> i just good along and click it up a little bit. >> okay. >> so nobody. >>reporter: pg&e monitoring gas inventory making sure it has enough to cope everybody warm. that's no small task right now when demand has more than double since last week. breaking the most recent record from 1998. >> we rely heavily on our storage field where we have gas that has been stored in the ground during the summer mont months. demand on the system is lower and able to withdrew it when demand get higher in periods like this. >>reporter: for now the praise

should stay stable with supply bought in the cheaper summertime but natural gas is a commodity and eventually supply and demand could drive up the price paid by pg&e for the time being. increase on your bill will simply depend on how much more you are using. >> worried about your bill. >> yes, i am. it has been really high 90 way for the last few months but now i'm sure it's probably double with all the christmas lights and everything else. >> now is the kind of time solar can really pay off. in the north bay the west sonoma county school district made a 5.two million dollar investment in solar panel for estimated power bill savings of 250,000 dollars a year. paying for itself in 20 years. >> assuming that energy rates won't go up at all. i don't think that's a good assumption. i think energy costs are going to go up over the 20 years that we are going to save the payoff would be way shorter than 20 years. >> for those without solar there's always conservation and an extra blanket. heather, abc 7 news. >> i'm in hayward where another

cold night. we are in the plaza shopping center and this walkway right behind me is where police found the body of a homeless man over the weeken weekend. autopsy will be done later this week but they believe he could be the latest victim of this brutal cold sna snap. this hayward shopping center court yard where a passerby made a grim early morning discovery. body of homeless man. police were called. >> when they arrived they discovered a 50-year-old male wearing only a hooded sweatshirt and shorts e-police believe he may have died from exposure to the brutal cold. frigid temperatures already claimed the lives of 4 homeless people in santa clara county. that's why outreach groups are doing all they can to get people off the streets and into warm shelters. >> this facility and sunnyvale armory we are open all day so that means people can come and stay and keep out of the cold since it really isn't warming up during the day. >>reporter: this outreach program has already identified

dozens of homeless camp around san jose. this picture shows the group visiting one camp where most living here were convinced to take shelter from the cold. >> he loves it. he has a lot of taechblingts he gets a lot of love and you know what, a lot of people tell me that he absolutely heals them. >> anna and little dog are using the shelter. pets are being allowed in. but others like joseph are braving the cold along with his wife and teenager son. >> shelters are available. why not there in steady of staying outside. >> what are you going to do? >>reporter: joseph points to belongings blankets that are not allowed inside shelter. keeping warm in the element a challenge every night. >> we kind of stay warm at night as long as you don't move. you lay down and you coverup and you don't move. >>reporter: more brutally cold weather is on the way. cornel cornell, abc 7 news. >> immanuel how tough that is. the cold weather across the country put a freeze on dozens

of flights at san francisco international airport today. that was especially true for travelers trying to get to dallas. ice storm just about cripple travel in the dallas area past few days. that meant thousands of passengers people in airport all over the country including some here in the bay area stuck. >> every other flight was cancelled. >> are you feeling lucky that you are getting. >> yes definitely. i didn't think i was going to get out until tomorrow. >> airline was pretty good about rebooking flips for 43 and what not. it's jaws bumper that i'm a full day late. >>reporter: well, take a look what passengers were seeing outside the window at o'hare international in chicago. snow on the ground as parts of the midwest and east coast got wallop by the stormy weather. nerve wrack to go land in those kind of conditions. because of the written and snow that we have had, cal fire today lifted its ban on out door open burning. restriction were imposed in may because of dry conditions. they were supposed to last through december but

cal fire says it now all right to schedule a burn as long as you follow the regulations. today however is a spare the air day meaning no fireplace fires. keep that in mine. >> correspondent forget the 7 news weather app give you hourly temperatures and severe weather alerts. comes in very happenedy this time of year. down load for free at this web site and the apple app store or on google play. >> moving on. multi-agency task force of san francisco police and federal agents fanned out in the tenderloin district over several days taking down drug dealers who set up shop near schools. 7 news was embedded with the task force during these sweeps and our news reporter vick lehas a story you will see only on 7 news. >> the task force targeted chronic drug dealers operating near schools in the tenderloin. armed with federal indictment they made their arrests quietl quietly. some had been selling drug here sentences the early 90's. narcotics investigators

sergeant daryn. >> some people will have arrest in the tenderloin area if you include the juvenile history they will have been arrested probably in excess of 50 times. >>reporter: many of those arrested on state charges are cycle in and out of jail and soon back on the streets. message this time was differen different. these are federal charges which means they are facing at least a mandatory 1 year in the federal pen. u.s. attorney hays. >> they often face more than that. certainly more than the hours and days that are the result of the state prosecution unfortunately. >>reporter: the u.s. attorney obtained the indictment under the safe school program which for bid drug dealing within 1,000 feet of schools. there are several in the tenderloin. they serve many of the nearly 4000 kids who live in this 56 block area. many attend city academy. private elementary school with no recreation facilities. every day they

walk escorted by teachers through the streets of the tenderloin to a playground 4 blocks away. >> take guy is reaching in his pocket to get it right now. >>reporter: they pass drug dealers selling with seeming impunity in front of children. tenderloin has highest rate of drug crimes in the city. crac crack. heroin. prescription pills. you name it. they have got it. narcotics inspector brit el more says leak out door pharmacy. we hid his identity because he works upped cover. >> he they take a corner over and stay there until they sell out and then somebody will come in and take their spot and just like they are punch ago time clock coming in and out. >>reporter: they don't even have roots here. >> the vast majority of these folks that we are getting do not live in san francisco. they are commute to go san francisco to sell drugs. >>reporter: not only do the dealers face more significant prison time unthe federal judicial system, they also face stay away orders which could last 5 to 6 years. now the u.s. attorney also emphasized

this is not a one time sweep. they plan to do this on sustaining basis with more indictments to come. tomorrow, we show you just how important this operation was to the children and their schools. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> tune in tomorrow. we have more ahead for you tonight on abc 7 news at 9:00. come up here president obama is due in johannesburg at any moment now. plan for the huge farewell for nelson mandela. >> ♪ you will hear from members of east bay boys choir chose tone my prominent role at mandela memorial in washington. >> think it's cold here. there's a new record for col there's a new record for col coldest spot on

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>> in just a matter of hours now a huge memorial will get upped way at south africa. to celebrate the life and legacy of nelson mandela who died last week. you look live now at the stadium where the service will

take place. as you can see people are already lined up outside more than 80,000 people are expected. this is a live picture and you can see dancin dancing. this is of course people are mourning his death but really celebrating his lif life. that include president mrs. obama who will be there. they are expected to land in johannesburg at any moment. here they are leaving earlier today from andrews air force base riding along with them are former president bush and his wife laura and former secretary of state hillary clinton. bill will meet them there later. more than 70 leaders from around the world commemorate the life of mandela. former president carter already arrived in johannesburg. congresswoman lee is part of the congressional delegation. pope francis and prince charles on their way as well and then there are the celebrity. oprah. bono and other celebrity also expected to taken. here at home today mayor ed lee opened condolence book for the public to sign in san francisco located in the

mayor office in city hall and will be there all week. like to stop by the mayor ordered flag ins all city property and buildings be flown at half staff next sunday. that is the day mandela funeral and burial are scheduled. >> then this. an aclaimed boy choir from oakland heading to washington dc first thing tomorrow to take part in a service in memory of nelson mandela. nick smith met with these talented students at pacifica boy choir academy. the ♪ these are the boys at the grammy award winning pacific boy choir academy in oakland. the all between the ages of 11 and 18 and i caught up with them at rehearsal. group has been invited by the south african embassy to the u.s. to perform at services for man della in washington, d.c.

>> this brings us closer to everyone else mourning the death and celebrating the life of nelson mandel 8. he's part of the original group to visit the birth place of the south african leader m in 2009. >> hearing about him and learning about him has been great and this is an honor to tl sing for him. >> academy started 15 years ago with academic development working in harmony. >> we are not like specialty choir. don't just sing classical we don't just sing pop. we didn't do anything in particular we sing everything. >>reporter: at the memorial service the group will perform a mix of traditional south african hymn and classic american gospel song. founder artistic direct tr kevin says this trip unlick any other. >> people like connect all of us together whether doesn't matter who we are what country we are from, his message is timeless. >> sf this will be a whirlwind tour. boys will rehearse over the night board a plane tomorrow morning then hit the

citizens for performance in dc at 10:00 a.m. on wednesday. and back to class and rehearsal for the holiday concert on thursday. in oakland, nick smith, abc 7 news. >> now abc news will of course bring you coverage of the memorial service at 1:00 a.m. tuesday morning. coverage is expected to last at least 2 hours. expected to go longer than that though. that's on 7 news over on channel 7. you can also watch it live on your computer smart phone or tablet with our watch abc app. down load information is at this web site. talk about the weather again. >> you think it's cold here. east antarctica set a record for soul crushing cold. mind numbing cold. 135.8 degrees below zero. at meeting of the american union san francisco today scientist reveal that a new look at nasa satellite data revealed the record for the coldest temperature on earth

happened in august of 2010. scientist say it's so cold it hurts to breathe. i don't imagine you could breathe in that. 135.8 that's the key. >> that's a big difference. i experience minus 70 wind chill factor. >> where was that. >> in quebec city, quebec and in one of those 60 resort in northern vermont. i forget on one. killington. >> excellent. >> minus 70 wind chill that hurts. >> you don't like it below 50. >> tl exactly. plus 50. >> our cold weather live doppler 7hd and i'm not shivering any more lacking at our weather because i think back open the minus 70 at killington vermont. clear sky here getting pretty chilly outside. let's look at our 24 hour temperature change. you can see some location are couple degrees less cold right now than they were last night at this hour. 2 degrees colder

at mountain view. in oakland and in napa. 7 degrees colder in fairfield. sort of mixed result here. live view from emeryville camera. west across the bay. forecast feature freeze warning in effect tonight third consecutive tonight and spare the air day tomorrow and milder after midweek this week and this dry pattern continues. it's just so dry in the bay area. let's talk about spare the air alet for air quality declining tomorrow. forced air quality in the north bay. we have more air quality at best no burning allowed under this alert. big cold air dominating our weather picture entire state of california. interior sections of the west and north west for one more night then another center of high pressure takes over. blocks the jet stream. deflecting it well to our north so no rain making systems

coming our way. dry weather for the next several days. no written in sight. talk about how dry san francisco thinks year. san francisco will record the driest year ever in 19 17 the current record for the lowest annual rainfall in san francisco is set only 9 inches of rip for the whole year. so far this year january 1st to now we have had only 5.95 inches of written in san francisco. we are on a pace to set new record of driest year in san francisco ever. overnight tonight clear skies dry conditions and very cold. low down to 21 degrees in santa rosa and nap a.see mid 20's in the inland valley east bay and south bay and upper 20's right around the bay so pretty cold once again. and tomorrow mainly sunny skies and cool to chilly but temperatures are beginning to climb degree or 2 each day now so low mid 50's as our high tomorrow later in the week high up to 60 degrees.

here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. now the next 2 morning very cold but afternoon will start to work up around thursday and friday high pressure of 60 degrees inland around the bay and over the weekend into early next week we see temperatures in the low mid 60's. afternoon temperature milder and much more pleasant daytime weather but take a few day for the overnight early morning temperatures to begin to moderate. freezing for the next couple morning. >> but again above zero. >> above zero. focus on that. >> plus 20 degrees. a lot better than minus 20 degrees. >> thanks very much. breaking news in san francisco. we want to bring you a large fire burning in the bayshore district across 101 from candlestick park. life picture now from sutro camera. showing the if smoke in the distance there. this 40's top our camera on mount sutro. the tower. red light is from a beacon on our camera. not fire see it flashing. try to ignore

that. it's actually right there on the ridge. see the smoke. update on 7 news at inspect:00 and on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> still to come tonight on 7 fuss at 9:00. we introduce to you the 6-year-old colorado boy on a mission

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pa. >> comedian is using a radical and unusual intervention technique to stop a man from getting another dui and sending a message to everyone else as well. you tube pranksters teamed up with some people to play elaborate joke on man named dennis who had already been charged with 5 dui. repeat offender. after he got drunk again and passed out in his truck he an his team transported dennis to office

set up to look like a hospital room. when dennis wakes up a doctor played by may tells him niece a coma for 10 years. after asking if he can feel his feet and leg he begins slapping him in the face. he then rip off the surgical mask. and reveals his real identity. shouting at him as you can see. dennis is laughing but may is serious saying he needs to stop drinking. don't know kuwait what to make of that. he wants to discover asteroids and stuff his words. but first this 6-year-old colorado boy is on a mission to save nasa. connor johnson got hooked on space when he was just 3. now at the ripe old age of 6 he loves nasa and wants to be an astronaut but when he learned congress was cutting funding to the space program he decided something had to be done. first he donated 10 dollars.41. then his whole pig bank and now he's behind an on line petition on the white house web site. >> get rae response from the

white house i need 100,000. i would be very sad. nasa posely the only space station space company i have known. >> what a cute kid. smart too. so far connor has 4000 signatures as he said he needs 100,000 by december 29 to get the attention of the white house. >> well another half hour of 7 news at 9:00 is just moments away. so stay with us. coming up next bitter cold and snow slamming the other half of the nation. we take you around there. >> why people are ganging up on google claiming the tech industry is not pulling its weight. >> also. northern california couple takes their daughter home from the hospital after winning a major fight with their insurance company. it's a story you will see only on abc 7 news. stay with us i

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january 2nd. visit vwdealer.com today >> we begin this half hour with the big freeze gripping the nation. take a lack at the video. pile up in wisconsin sun. one car ricochet down the ice highway causing a chain reaction. all together 30 cars involved in this frozen game of pin pwawchlt awful mess there. >> that was in wisconsin. well the ark particular storm is throwing snow ice freezing rain with anybody trying to get anywhere. we have more on the big chill this winter wallop really packed a punch. snow. ice. bitter call stretching across much of the nation causing havoc on the road, airport and grid iron. 3000 flips cancelled on sunday.

another 1700 cancel today. dallas ft. worth airport has been a complete mess for days. operation paralyze because of freezing rain. some travelers have been stranded for days. >> we do have a lot of road equipment and we are continuing to work on it. >> driving in parts of texas wasn't any smoother. >> i have been here for two days. only 30 more miles. >> once you start going jack knifing here. >> even parked cars weren't safe from the ice. >> holy freaking monthly. >> freezing rain made for treacherous driving conditions outside new york city. this massive pile up late last tonight involved 24 cars. at least 3 dozen people were injured. none were life threatening. and power outages were report entered several states as ice weighed down tree and power lines. snow added a twist in several nfl games yesterday. this is philadelphia. 8 inches of snow in the field. detroit lyon

johnson made spectacular catch and rewardd with a helmet full of snow. the bears hosted the cow boy on monday night football. with the wind chill felt lake it was below zero. more snow in the forecast for much of the northeast. new york and philadelphia could see up to half foot on tuesday here in the nation capitol there's the potential for 2 to 5 inch. karen, abc news washington. >> national transportation safety board safety board will begin two days of hearings tomorrow on the crash of asian flight 214 at san francisco international airport in july. sources tell the wall street journal the hearings will highlight over reliance on cockpit computers and the need to adjust pilot training. investigators are expected to reveal that the asian pilots inadvertently shifted the plane auto throttle position into inactive mode. report says they misunderstood how the boeing 7 77 automated speed control feature function and failed to properly monitor the speed and trajectory of the

plane which came into sfo as you recall from that video too low and too slow. 3 teenager girls died in the crash when the rear section of the plane hit a sea wall at the foot of the 100 way. and by the way the pilots are not scheduled to testify at this week's hearing hearings. >> well tonight 18 and former los angeles county sheriff's deputy face charges following federal investigation focus on 2 downtown jails. officials say some members of the sheriff's department considered themselves above the law. >> the charges allege disturbing conduct that include assault. inmate and visitors and fictitious support and false arrest designed to cover up civil rights abuses. >> deputy are also accused of conspiring to stop an fbi probe into corruption of the jails by detank and grilling a federal mole operating within the prison system. >> palo alto korean war veteran

recently detained in north korea now says his curiosity got him into trouble. 85-year-old new man returned to the bay area on saturday after being held for more than a month. he says he was treated well but was under constant guard and threatened with 15 years in jail. new man aided the gorilla during the war and says problems during the recent trip started after he asked if he could meet local war veterans. in a statement he says i just didn't understand that for the north korean regime the korean war isn't over and that even innocent remark about the war can cause big problems if you are a foreigner. >> newly released document from former nsa analyst snowden accuse the nsa of spying on line gamer all over the world. this you tube clip shows one of the games monitored by both u.s. and british intelligence officers spy agency accused of sending undercover agents into the virtual universe of the on line gaming world to lack for

terrorists and potential informant. >> people are angry in one san francisco neighborhood. angry over what they call an invasion by dozens of private shuttle buses operated by those tech companies to take their employees to and from work. abc 7 news reporter january thon bloom has more now from san francisco mission district. >> san francisco not for sale. >> protestors were just doing what the city wouldn't. penaltyize google for parking at city bus stop. >> they aren't allowed to use them. they don't have a permi permit. they use over 200 of them in the city and stop there thousands and thousands of tim time. >> fine would be 2 71 dollars if it were enforced. pro eas easttors say the city might be 1 billion dollars richer if they did tl ticket every shuttle. they are trying to make a point. >> this is a symbol of how the city is becoming increasingly unaffordable. >> them body the g word in the google the other one.

gentrification aztec workers move in rent goes up. family lived here for years being praised out. protestors feel something like this man pretended he work for google. >> i can pay your rent can you pay your wren. why didn't you go to a city where you can afford it. >> real tech in the neighborhood are a bit more torn. >> i feel bad for the people who are being kicked out of their home but i am one of the tech people so it's good for me. >> snot good for the driver of that bus. >> tl won't let me go to work. >> money say is helping the neighborhood. >> to have ample income to spend so they are spending it at the bars and restaurants constantly packed you see that. everybody get on the sidewalk. >>reporter: police came and cleared a path but this may not be the end. >> in a statement google said quote we certainly don't weren't to cause any inconvenience to sf residence. we and others in our industry are working with them to free

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will see only on abc 7 and our news reporter shows how well the little toddler is doing no now. >> it's her first surgery. >> first steps she has taken since she had open heart surgery 6 days ago. >> it's okay. >>reporter: 16 month old girl headed home from oakland children hospital after surgery her parents fought for her to have. one the insurance company initially refused to pay for. >> if you have got something that you want for your daughter or son and it's the right thin thing, don't take no for an answer. >>reporter: she was born with heart defect that involved narrowing of her pulmonary artery. her doctor at children wanted her to have surgery there. but the insurance company western health advantage refused. her parents appealed to the state department of manage care which ruled in the pamly favor. >> we are glad to be going home. finally relieved. fell like we can welcome the new

year in differently. >>reporter: spokesman for western health advantage said the company could not comment saying the schilling family had not given them permission to speak about her case. dr. rhinehart says the surgeon who performed the 4 hour procedure. >> in the end it's a life saving surgery because what happens is this process if it doesn't, if you don't halt it at some point it keeps going and it will lead to irregular heart beat. lead to too much work load on the heart. >>reporter: now with her on the mend her parents are looking forward to the an especially joyful holiday season. >> him if in oakland, laura anthony abc 7 news. >> great to see open her way. >> coming up next at finance:0 finance:00. why america love affair with diet soda is losing

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>> update breaking news story. large fire burning at ecology building in the bayshore district uses across 101 from candlestick park. live look from the sutro tower cam showing the smoke in the distance. we are told it's burning yard debris cardboard and wood. red light is part of tower on the left. so pay no attention to that. smoke in the distance again this is on 101 across from candlestick park. my colleague co-anchor news anchor carolyn johnson on the road head thanksgiving way now and is passing near the fire. carolyn what are you seeing there? >> well, danni just drove through that area. it is incredibly smokey. in fact i thought i was entering maybe a fog bank but it's around the area of candlestick park. can medical acrid smoke in the aivrment i didn't notice any

flames. really thick on the roadway. so cars were slowing. >> wow! so they can almost like fog. a little hard to hear you but i'll ask you quickly were cars slowing down pretty dramatically. >> they were definitely slowing down. many i'm on speaker phone. it's not the best connection i'm sure. but yes. very they can smoke and definitely smell the odor of the fire as i drove through the area. again on 101 right by candlestick park just before paul avenue. >> they slowed downgoing through the smoke. >> definitely. anyable strange scene there. >> all right thank you very much carolyn. that's carolyn johnson my come anchor with me at 11:00 o'clock. bring you up to date on the news at 11:00 on the large fire burning in the bayshore direct just across from candlestick park. we also have a reporter on scene as well so joan us for that. at 11:00 o'clock and stay with us on twitter and 7 news bay area

for continuing updates on the on the breaking news. >> moving on. some health news tonight. new insight on changing tastes when it comes to diet soda. why are sales flat all of a sudden. david wright with lack at how america fading love affair with diet soed a continues. >> back in the 80's an 90's diet soft drink had new fizz in the soda war. featuring the greatest athlete and the sexiest super mom. >> some things never change. >> but some things do. new sales figure suggest america love affair with diet soft drink may have lost its pop. for 9 straight years sales carbonated bench dropping for the past 3 the dropping off in diet soda has been steeper than regular soft drink. zero low calorie bench down nearly 7% this year. regular soda down just 2%.

>> yes. used to drink regular and then say i'm drinking diet it's fine. but in rlt the day it's a little bit of a confession in my office where you know i generally okay but i have to confess. i drink diet soed a. >> why the drop. some don't trust artificial sweetener even though the fda insist they are safe. also drenching sugar 43 soda does not guarantee weight loss. one study found that test subject who drvrng 2 or more diet soft drink a day had their waist line grow 5 times faster than those who drank no soft drink. >> true confession did you ever drink this stuff. >> difficult when i was in graduate school. i drank it and then i quit. >>reporter: american bench association told us our industry believes in the soft drink business and sees opportunity for continued in0vision and growth. biggest growth these days is energy drink. and good old fashioned water. >> water the it drink e-purchase and simple. this is abc news. los angeles.

>> can not go wrong with water. >> one last check on the weather. spencer here except when froszen. >> then you have to wait for it to melt. >> we may waiting until next spring. we see clear skies very cold weather expected overnight low pressure low 20's in the north bay valley. mid 20's in the east bay south bay valley upper 20's right around the bay. another frigid fit coming our way and tomorrow will be rather chill day sunny sky with high pressure only in the low to mid 50's. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. frigid overnight will start to ease up a bit by midweek and by later this week we see daytime high in the low skid again so milder weather coming our way. just have to be patient and row main buneled up a couple more more difficulties. >> hunker down. >> busy tonight it was. baseball hall of fame we hear from our local hero. hometown from our local hero. hometown of charlotte

>> coming up tonight at 11:00 o'clock. east bay after school aid accused of sexually abuse ago student starting when the boy was just 12 years old. tonight we speak with the suspect's family why they claim there's more to the story. >> and tens of thousands of californians may start the new year without health insurance. maybe you. the huge backlog covered california is now facing those stories and more coming up at 11 over on channel 7. hope you join me then if you can but shoe is in tonight. warriors back east in the carolinas. >> that's right. it's rare for pro athlete to end up on a team in his home town. you can return home and that's what did tonight as the warriors face the bobcat in charlotte. homecoming for curry and ready for this game. unfortunately curry and entire team got off to slow star. one of 12 from beyond the ark in the first half. warriors never had the lead in the game. defense didn't make it easier. barns denied by henderson. came out of nowhere to make the block look at that. sky walk. also put in 24 points off the glass

and the foul. walker led the way for the cats. 31 points. thinks way downtown charlotte. made come back thanks to this fourth quarter. down floor. floats it in. curry with season high 43 points lowest scoring team in the nba. lit up defense. 115 points. walker split the d and disappointing road trip. 11 115-111. that final. today the baseball winter meetings in florida retired managers all elect nude the baseball hall of fame here by the expansion era committee. la russo took them to the he 3 world straight series and won 2 more world series managing cardinals and won 2728 games in 33 seasons. third high total in baseball history and manager of the year 4 times. he will be induct nude cooperstown july 27. >> my parents always tell you about dream the big dream and

if you are a baseball fanatic then playing in the big league may part of championship that was a dream and never, ever was hall of fame part of that dream. it's a stirn. respect. humility and honey say thank you. >> 49ers big win over seattle keeping their title hopes alive and pace with the wild card race. once again 49er defense carry the team on their shoulder. defense not allowed rushing. holding the beast. lynch to 72 yards yesterday. also contain russell wilson 178 net yard passing. one committee pass only 3 points in the second half. coach harbaugh handing out praise day. quite accomplishment. really just to hold them to 17 points. the didn't know there's a guy you say that's the game ball. because so many guys played really good. played well. nobody played bad. >> all right raiders now 49

with 10 point loss to the jets lost 3 straight. offense played well. busted left side for 123 yards and the touch down. quarterback l threw for 245 yards and 2 td. defense special team gave up 37 points a season high for the jets. they will not quit. >> we give ourselves opportunity to win games. the frustrating thing is to give yourself those opportunities and to not be able to take advantage of them. so that is something we have to continue to look at. something we have to continue to get better at. more guys are continuing to fight and scratch and claw and do everything they can. >> monday night football minus 7 with wind chill didn't stop the great ditka from number 89 retired in chicago. you knew the bears didn't want to lose on mike ditka night. 7 yards took a little hit there. but he's okay. in fact it fired him subpoena. 17 seconds left in the half. up 3. grit throw to the corner of the end zone watch this catch by jeffrey.

oh, my goodness. 27-flex. 3 48 yards and career high 4 td. mechanical bush 17 yard on this screen pass. scored 8 of the nine the final here and pairs tied with detroit for the nfc north. fall behind filly. history man trophy awarded this saturday in new york and today the 6 finalist announced. most sentences 1994. my top candidate florida state quarterback within stop. led the seminole to a 12-o record. had 68 percent completion percentage. joined byless year winner quarterback mandela texas a&m. aj and jordan 2 running back mason of auburn and williams of boston college. good luck to all and of course congratulationss to tony. >> happy and proud he's such a great guy. that's our report. great guy. that's our report. for l all of us♪]

oh, what are you guys doing together, just the two of you? we're gonna raise money to help with the oil spill. making this display to show how serious the problem is. oh, yeah. each drop represents 10,000 gallons of oil.